Was on court all day so was only finally last night that I got to watch recording of game having avoided all scores all day.
No surprise in a settled side and straight away got to like the commentator who just seemed to know what was going on when talking about Sol Bamba.
30 seconds in, will not be gifted a better chance, Joseph was being overhauled but really awful effort from him, that should have been so different.
It was end to end stuff in a sloppy style ie both sides giving ball away, but we looked lively, Solomon a class above, Gnonto working his socks off, Gruev and Ampadu involved a lot and Aaronson with some nice touches.
A slip from Solomon and we are completely exposed and Burnley with a harder chance than Joseph's score, with Meslier rooted to the spot.
And you know Leeds, we just dont look like scoring.
We have another great chance from Gnonto, but straight at keeper, we're working hard loads of possession, right upfield but as commentator rightly says, we have loads of possession, but its all in front of Burnley.
We are just not great at trying to get through these low blocks.
Free kicks come to nothing and corners.....well we might as well give them ball for goal kick, our corners are really poor, very little end product.
Shout for a penalty when Solomon goes down, very hard to see, could have bee a card when Amanda takes outside Hannibal and then Ampadu laying there banging turf with fist, ouch he's going to be out now, but no, 5 mins later up and running around like nothing had happened, I hate this from footballers making out they've had a leg broken blah blah blah.
Burnley are a side who have just come down, retained players so we're doing really well to be dominating but we're dominating in possessions only but Farke's side just doesnt know what to do with it,
Sone great slide rule passes here another but no end product and again commentator points out we're playing really narrow and its too congested.
He also makes great point that Farke won title twice but he had a prolific reliable number 9, we don't (although he said Piroe could be that).
I just dont think Joseph will deliver the dolmen of goals we need, especially to replace the 50 we lost with Rust er and Summerville.
He gets so little service because of how we play that even he scored from every chance, he';s still not going to score enough.
I would have liked to have commented on Bogle but he did so little, so high up teh pitch was teh play, teams know what to do, just sit back and we dont quite have teh craft to cut through although I think Solomon does, we have to work out how to play with him because I think he will create a lot.
Aarosnon like last season, bright start but then feeling a little less and falling over more.
Firpo really good going forwards but poor defensively, it feels like we bought his replacement for when he leaves at end of season.
Subs on on 67 mins, too little too late.
Sam Rothwell has delivered nothing so far and he maintained that record, whilst Piroe was completely anonymous.
Throw on Largie too but we could have played for 190 minutes and not scored.
Commentator of course was spot on when he mentioned how many losses we've racked up now in recent league games.
Our transfer policy for 2 seasons in a row has screwed us leaving it so late to bring in players.
Referee counterbalanced great commentator, let wrong tackles go, didnt play advantage well, didnt help the game at all.
And finally the suits, they showed them regularly with Ferrell behind them yawning away, what a waste of a trip for him, but we're run by a bunch of clowns on an ego trip running a football club and contractual bean counter and Kinnear who said he's walk if Red Bull did the wrong thing.....but you're the one letting Red Bull in, in the first place!
Play like this, we're not going up, I like Farke but he's not making the most of this squad when we see a performance like that.
On a final note, was incredible to see play stop and all players applaud Bob on 6 minutes, who sadly lost his fight.
I'd seen videos of him with team, so glad he had that time before passing and so glad both teams came together to give something to the family, was wonderful see. RIP little man.
https://www.leedsunited.com/en/news/remembering-bob
Thoughts from last night
posted on 15/9/24
I actually thought Firpo has been great defensively thos season. Poor going forwards so far!
posted on 15/9/24
If the 49ers alarm bells over Farke's ability aren't
going off already, then it'll be a long, long season.
posted on 16/9/24
comment by Outwood White (U9610)
posted 14 hours, 2 minutes ago
I actually thought Firpo has been great defensively thos season. Poor going forwards so far!
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Looked OK defensively I agree and there has been a noticeable drop off in people on facebook saying he cannot defend (though I am sure they are still out there).
Not sure I have noticed any major issues on the attacking prowess.
posted on 16/9/24
comment by Dennis. (U23086)
posted 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
comment by Outwood White (U9610)
posted 14 hours, 2 minutes ago
I actually thought Firpo has been great defensively thos season. Poor going forwards so far!
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Looked OK defensively I agree and there has been a noticeable drop off in people on facebook saying he cannot defend (though I am sure they are still out there).
Not sure I have noticed any major issues on the attacking prowess.
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Theres been a few instances where hes drifted inside rather than staying out wide and delivering a cross. Not sure if thats a Farke tactic or he does that himself. Just means we lack a bit of width at times as the 2 wingers also drift inside
posted on 16/9/24
Frustrating watch to say the least. Apart from the 2 gilt edge chances missed, real difficulty breaking down a disciplined defence.
Not going to overreact, going to see where we are after 10 games.
I don't see a Leicester or an Ipswich, and will be astonished if second place gets anywhere near 96 points this season.
posted on 16/9/24
Rumours afoot albeit from the social media grapevine that Farke has 4 more games before the next international break to convince the owners not to replace him which if true must mean a replacement has already been identified and is on standby.
So the next 4 games are Cardiff away Coventry at home
Norwich away and Sunderland away which I think Farke
needs a minimum of 10 points to avoid the chop.
I'm not confident in Leeds yielding that many points if
Farke continues to set the team up the way he is and
makes his usual poor decisions over his use of subs so I
think he's highly likely to be gone soon as for me 7 or 8
points is all I'm seeing from those 4 games.
Obviously Saturdays defeat was a big catalyst in these
rumours surfacing as the owners would not have
enjoyed entertaining their VIP friends and letting them
witness a damp squid of a home defeat and them not
getting to hear the Elland Road atmosphere at it's finest
I'm sure they were promised.
posted on 16/9/24
* Damp Squib not squid I meant but also to add I think possibly 8 points from the next 4 games may be okay in terms of Farke surviving the chop but we shall see.
posted on 16/9/24
Replacement is Southgate LOL
posted on 16/9/24
Lose at home to Shef Utd the first game after the international break on the Friday night and Farke will surely face the axe unless we've won the 4 previous games and then yes it may be in jest to suggest Southgate but he still lives in Harrogate and that scenario wouldn't surprise me at all.
posted on 16/9/24
comment by Dennis. (U23086)
posted 1 day, 7 hours ago
I know it may be an excuse but, the international break, we did have a lot of our squad away, not able to train together and travelling and playing a few more games.
Contrast that with Burnley, who I know were bedding in a lot of new players but, I believe had around four internationals in their squad, and didn't bring one of those on until late in the game.
And I know it's just an excuse.
But for once I'm happy to give the guys a free and not be too critical.
Oh and theDonn, I cannot be bothered to go to your post, come on man, not Meslier's fault we lost you cannot blame him for everything it fundamentally unfair.
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I agree with you on this, Dennis. We had more than half of the team away on international duty - Firpo, Gruev, Ampadu, Rodon, Solomon, Joseph, Gnonto, Aaronson. This was an ideal time for Burnley to play us.
That said, the familiar concerns about Farke's inability to make the right subs at the right time, and his inflexibility in his style of play, are limiting our ability to change matches and rescue points from losing positions. We were so good at this earlier last season. We are looking pretty toothless at the moment.
Worryingly for me, we have only managed 8 points from a run against some of the poorer teams in the league. How are we going to do against the better teams in our next half a dozen fixtures?
Excellent post, Jonty.